The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, a Fragment; second edition 1838. Charles Babbage.

The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, a Fragment; second edition 1838.

John Murray, London 1838; 270 pages, illustrations.

Condition: Bound in 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards and matching marbled textblock fore-edges, five raised bands, gilt decor. on spine. Some foxing on titlepage and introductory advertisement pages to the Second Edition. Lovely binding, tight pages, overall clean with a few stray pencil underlines and checkmarks.

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Appendix at rear, On the Calculating Engine. The title on spine reads, Babbage's Bridgewater Treatise

Bound in 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards and matching marbled textblock fore-edges, five raised bands, gilt decor. on spine. Some foxing on titlepage and introductory advertisement pages to the Second Edition. Lovely binding, tight pages, overall clean with a few stray pencil underlines and checkmarks.